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Sunday, July 26, 2009

From Twitter 07-25-2009



  • 02:21:46: New post on my blog: From Twitter 07-24-2009: 06:11:58: Wt: 177, RHR: 51, BF: 18.2%06:23:19:.. http://bit.ly/11pGFU
  • 08:05:40: Wt: 177, RHR: 48, BF: 17.7%
  • 08:20:46: @Neumen I measure my RHR as soon as I'm mentally able to think about it, right after waking up
  • 08:21:17: @Neumen I usually have to take it a few times, because my wife will toss & turn and make the bed bounce, raising my HR a bit hehe
  • 08:22:02: @Neumen Those HR watches with the finger sensors suck for exercise but work great for a morning HR, it beats wearing a strap al lnight
  • 08:22:28: This morning I set my alarm and was going to run at 6am. I just got out of bed, I don't think I'm gonna make it.
  • 08:24:24: RT @gabeanzelini: @rt3rmin nice.... I added a biblegateway search provider to the browser dropdown from sctratch #pre - great idea! which 1?
  • 08:26:59: @Neumen How do they not apply to you, do you mean for training zones? Because zones are very person-specific, charts are very general
  • 08:28:06: @Neumen Don't forget about perceived effort. If you run and feel like you're about to die but your HR is 140, then adjust accordingly
  • 08:28:53: @Neumen Like for me, I don't feel like I'm getting a "good" workout until above 150, I try to keep between 155 & 160 when I'm "working hard"
  • 08:29:41: @Neumen If I go with the 65-85 thing I should be around 145, the only problem is that I'm running about 12 min/mi if I do that
  • 08:31:23: @Neumen I tend more to wear it not for training zones, but to track calories burned. I'd probably be better off using it for training.
  • 08:37:15: @Neumen If your HRM is anything like mine though, it takes about a mile to "warm up". Mine usually shows 200 when I just start
  • 08:37:36: @Neumen Which is in no way accurate :)
  • 08:39:17: @DonGeronimoShow I'm Don Geronimo and you're not. Generalissimo Frederico Franco is still dead, goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
  • 08:39:48: @Neumen Is yours the strap for the 305? If so, wear it all night sometime and see what the chart looks like.
  • 08:49:11: @Neumen Does the 405 track running while in sleep mode? If there's data going to it, it should still track.
  • 08:49:24: @smellycents See? Lush!
  • 08:49:41: @smellycents You & @TLM26, I'm tellin ya
  • 08:50:24: @ironbrandon Do you listen to iRun the Running Show? Ray Zahab casually mentioned he runs 14k a week barefoot hehehe
  • 08:50:47: @ironbrandon I just can't imaging it. That ground is hard.
  • 08:51:08: @ironbrandon As my mom put it, I'm like the princess & the pea, I haven't been able to even walk barefoot since I was about 7
  • 08:51:17: outside anyway
  • 08:51:35: RT @jhartikainen: I hope Palm integrates MSN to #Pre, like it has done w/ AIM and GTalk - I agree
  • 08:52:11: @jhartikainen They probably need an agreement with MS, they had MSN integration in the Treo 755p (not constant login though)
  • 08:52:45: @LinkedInBrian It's not #Sprint's fault per-se, it's the cell phone industry's fault. They unequivocally screw longtime customers.
  • 08:54:55: @ironbrandon I could handle that, or the grass, but not on asphalt or cement, gahh
  • 08:55:35: @smellycents You ran 185 miles? (I know the answer to that one)
  • 08:56:07: @sharkims Move them around. If you hold your finger on an icon until it highlights, you can drag it to any page @palm #pre
  • 08:59:06: @Neumen No, he means barefoot.
  • 09:00:19: @innismir I've found porting #'s take 15 to 20 minutes. They tell you 2-4 hours in case something happens (as with anything else)
  • 09:02:00: @fridayluv thanks for the Saturday #ff love :)
  • 09:02:52: Alright, I'm off to run 5 miles. In shoes.
  • 10:30:44: Ran 5.1 miles on RunSaturday - http://www.runsaturday.com/tabId/64/activityId/115746/Default.aspx
  • 10:38:24: Leave it to Mapmyrun.com to break not only their importer, but the export to Twitter as well.
  • 10:40:45: OK, off to the shower.
  • 11:07:34: @Skittlesdfw It likely works like the old mind control Atari 2600 controller
  • 11:10:42: Off to the potluck/BBQ. Wish me luck! ;)
  • 11:15:53: False alarm, my wife is making muffins that won't be done for another 5 or 10 minutes
  • 11:16:49: @ginaharris1 Thanks, it was a perfect day for it. I didn't feel any pain during and did a good amount of stretching after, plus foam roller
  • 11:17:01: @ginaharris1 About 20 minutes later I felt it, not too bad though
  • 11:17:25: @Skittlesdfw Hey when's the Lost panel?
  • 13:37:29: @chuq You sound like me, I love the end results but never want to make blog entries hehe
  • 13:42:02: @AnnRan5 I want to take the kids but no $. Sucks to be us! Hehehe
  • 13:49:44: @Ali_Sweeney With Twitter you're converting the daytime drama crowd to fitness junkies, Jillian will be proud!
  • 14:03:25: @Neumen @smellycents I do, but anyone who knows me knows I'd do that w/o social networks anyway. It's part of who I am.
  • 14:13:11: @leggersheri Gadgets. They're a thing of beauty.
  • 14:24:32: @smellycents I'm a Borg runner. Resistance is futile.
  • 14:28:26: http://twitpic.com/bm91r - He's my son? Yeah, he is.
  • 14:53:55: New Flickr upload: He's my son? Yeah, he is.: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: http://bit.ly/G1l0H
  • 16:41:32: RT @funnyordie: Look, it's the guys from "Hurley Brothers Heating and Air Conditioning." #sdcc http://twitpic.com/bmmca - SCARY!
  • 21:06:29: After a 3-hour nap, I feel great! Now watching Torchwood: Children of Earth Day One
  • 21:07:47: @mchwang Hey, have you been able to turn off the wi-fi tether & re-enable standard wi-fi without a reboot? @palm #pre
  • 21:27:04: @MarthaVan Listen, when the deposed king of Nigeria asks for money, you respond!
  • 21:31:16: Well this bites, I had just assumed Dish Network would have carried BBCA in HD once it went live. I was sorely mistaken. :(
  • 21:59:49: RT @coachpenguin NEW blog post: Being A Running Coach Doesnt Mean You Have to Be Perfect, http://digg.com/d3ybbn?t - everyone digg it up!
  • 22:04:32: @coachpenguin you won't be dugg much tho... your blog's not technology oriented
  • 22:10:46: RT @alyankovic: http://twitpic.com/bo6gl - Objet d'art du jour - I want one! hehehe
  • 22:13:30: @ginaharris1 Since I just watched 1? NO! :)
  • 22:20:10: @ginaharris1 You know, it aired a while ago. If I get spoiled it's my own fault, but I do try to avoid it if possible hehe
  • 22:30:34: @ginaharris1 I just haven't watched TV in a week or so. I wanted to watch a couple episodes in a row but my wife was ready for bed
  • 22:31:10: @ginaharris1 I was exhausted so I took a 3-hour nap late in the day (5:30pm). Well now I'm wide awake. :)
  • 22:37:22: Tron Scherzo &#266B; http://blip.fm/~ambwv
  • 22:41:21: @sam2579 That made no sense. :)
  • 22:44:51: @sam2579 What @Paulone was saying. There were so many abbreviations that the meaning was completely lost.
  • 22:48:21: @sam2579 Have you tried #Twee? I think it's better than #Spaz personally.
  • 22:51:14: @sam2579 ah ok
  • 22:51:42: @RobertCristie It may be a fear, but at least you remember the most important part.
  • 22:54:34: @sam2579 #Twee's getting there, it's missing features that others need but I don't. I was preferring Spaz but have gravitated towards Twee
  • 22:54:58: @sam2579 Tweed has both of them on speed. It's fast, I usually run it to send a quick tweet & not linger


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Saturday, July 25, 2009

From Twitter 07-24-2009



  • 06:11:58: Wt: 177, RHR: 51, BF: 18.2%
  • 06:23:19: @blackfonzie I was thinking this while listening to Shock of the News... all that positive affirmation works, Stuart Smalley's a senator now
  • 06:24:06: @TankaBar_Linda Thank you, I'll have to check REI.
  • 07:44:12: @addiarmadar No hotter than downloading any other 87MB file!
  • 07:44:33: Good morning, my fine, fine friends.
  • 07:47:49: @cocoacast Again... this cross-platform lib manager exists that most people already have. Why invent the wheel, why not make it easy on ppl?
  • 07:51:41: @Bootsy_Collins They just intensified the funk of us survivors
  • 07:52:29: @cocoacast Personally, I hate iTunes, but since they have the podcast database what can you do. #pre
  • 07:53:21: @cyktrussell well that's a new one. Checking out the article. Maybe they should put cancer warnings on slim jims & bratwurst too
  • 08:06:41: Name that film! &#266B; http://blip.fm/~aiz28
  • 08:07:13: RT @gchance: Name that film! &#266B; http://blip.fm/~aiz28 - of course the second someone clicks it they'll know hehehe
  • 08:16:20: @kchealy Oh no! Glad to hear you're ok. You pulled a me.
  • 08:20:53: Emerson, Lake, & Powell, "Touch and Go" &#266B; http://blip.fm/~aj031
  • 08:21:26: @kchealy As I said, you pulled a me. I fall a lot no matter what I do. Just sitting in my chair, I fall on occasion.
  • 08:22:56: @OTD_Colonel @cyktrussell I suppose there's a level of craziness that people should really disallow themselves from going beyond.
  • 08:24:59: @blackfonzie Snausages!
  • 08:26:24: RT @JackFacts24: Ron Burgundy was wrong. San Diego, in fact, was named after Jack Bauer. #24
  • 08:29:37: @blackfonzie Snausages!
  • 08:32:03: RT @sacbee_news: Keith Urban overcomes pain in the neck to rock Arco http://bit.ly/ByvZh - glad to see Nicole Kidman's no longer a problem.
  • 08:41:08: Wow, the user who slowed her computer to a crawl yesterday with Pandora has Pandora streaming this morning. Fascinating.
  • 08:41:18: @blackfonzie IT'S BACON!
  • 08:46:33: @blackfonzie Are you trying to have a real discussion about sausages, or just slip it in somewhere?
  • 08:47:31: @blackfonzie If you're frustrated and someone asks what you've tried, there's your entry point. Slip into Scotty accent and say...
  • 08:47:59: @blackfonzie "I tried shovin' a sausage into the warp drive, but it diddna do a bi' a' good."
  • 08:48:45: @blackfonzie "By the way, would you happen to have a we bi' a' mustard up there on the bridge?" "Analysis, Spock?"
  • 08:49:02: @blackfonzie "It would appear Mr. Scott is about to eat a hot dog without mustard, Captain."
  • 08:58:37: All your sausage are belong to us.
  • 09:13:52: Pink Floyd, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" &#266B; http://blip.fm/~aj3kt
  • 09:21:12: @cocoacast Yes, but why? It already exists, it doesn't need to be reinvented. I use iTunes to download podcasts but don't sync with it.
  • 09:39:27: @TimBorb 5:15 is a good tune but it's better if you listen to it in context (within the Quadrophenia album)
  • 09:55:18: @eveblackorwhite good morning girlie
  • 09:58:26: @MannyPR It always works for me as well, iTunes sync may have broke, but remember I don't sync with iTunes. I sync with iTunes Agent.
  • 09:59:14: @MannyPR I do think, however, that they're going to be in a heap of trouble with the method they used (using Apple's USB ID)
  • 10:20:37: @MannyPR That's right! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! #pre Double waaaaaaaah!
  • 10:47:20: @cocoacast An RSS reader doesn't search the itunes database. I used an RSS reader on the Treo because it didn't open as a volume
  • 10:47:31: @cocoacast Otherwise I would have done the same thing I'm doing right now.
  • 11:02:30: @cocoacast There's that reinvention of the wheel thing again. Perhaps they want to focus on the more important things, like EAS
  • 11:16:22: @cocoacast Free but not open source. That's why iTunes isn't on the #pre.
  • 11:39:28: @bucksommerkamp It's just in too-heavy rotation everywhere. If I listen to classic rock stations I hear it constantly.
  • 11:40:22: @zachtib unbricked?
  • 11:40:34: @zachtib how did you brick your #pre?
  • 12:01:09: @alitherunner bah dah dah!
  • 12:01:46: @bucksommerkamp Very likely. You gotta hand it to Aerosmith, each decade for a while they've found something to renew their fanbase
  • 12:02:12: @bucksommerkamp in the 80s it was Walk This Way with Run DMC
  • 12:02:37: @bucksommerkamp in the 90s it was Steven Tyler in drag for Dude Looks Like a Lady :P
  • 12:04:19: @MacStainless 142 HD hours droooooooooollllllllllllll. Wish I could get one, but sadly no cable card in Dish boxes.
  • 12:17:49: @alitherunner When I hear that song I think of this scene... good times. http://bit.ly/jNqyC
  • 12:23:26: @MacStainless It's one of those things. Can the Series 3 HD files from Tivo-2-Go be stripped of DRM?
  • 12:29:42: @ManMadeMoon How about a chick flick about the love between a race car driver and a high society call girl?
  • 13:43:28: @Adora I have to try the terminal. I've been using an ajax one but it sucks & doesn't retain a PATH, cd doesn't work either :)
  • 13:50:42: @disneyrunner Like! See, if this were Facebook I'd give you a thumbs up, but here I can just say LIKE. So... like!
  • 14:09:52: @Adora Got the #pre terminal running, but it's not perfect. Better than the AJAX one though!
  • 14:26:16: @Skittlesdfw Are you at a "comic book" conference by chance?
  • 15:54:55: @TLM26 @marathonmaritza LOOK OUT!!!! Eric Bana's holding on for dear life, he's about to fall off that building!
  • 15:55:29: @cyberpenguin @TLM26 @marathonmaritza I wanted to see it, but now? It looks like a romance novel, no thanks.
  • 15:58:56: @smellycents Holy cow! I turned down something like that last night.
  • 15:59:24: @cyberpenguin Thank you for reminding me I've been on Twitter for 8 months!
  • 16:06:46: @keeponrunning endlessly parsing searches?
  • 16:21:31: @cyberpenguin It just outlines the fact that people come & go on Twitter when someone here for 8 months is a veteran
  • 16:22:09: @TLM26 @cyberpenguin @marathonmaritza I had no idea it was a romance novel! People don't tend to describe it as such.
  • 16:24:13: @TLM26 @cyberpenguin @marathonmaritza I only heard about it when people compared the Journeyman tv show to it
  • 16:46:35: @cyberpenguin That's what I'm getting at. :) If you look though I've had an account probably that long
  • 16:46:41: @cyberpenguin but I didn't use it until last year
  • 16:51:51: @RunningHoosier I was looking for when I set up the account though :)
  • 16:52:29: @RunningHoosier it doesn't seem to show sign-up date
  • 16:56:11: @cyberpenguin You don't. What is wrong with you?
  • 17:00:01: @cyberpenguin It certanly wasn't a good thing. My best friend died and I was going to all the networks he frequented to tell his friends
  • 17:00:27: @cyberpenguin and I knew some friends of his where he used to live in WA were on Twitter, so if I could get to one or two of them
  • 17:00:44: @cyberpenguin then they could spread the word to his real life friends (which they did, we still follow each other too)
  • 17:01:10: @cyberpenguin I'm sure you'd remember me talking about him, Jim basically died of morbid obesity
  • 17:04:46: This is bad. Loudtwitter died a month ago and I didn't know, so none of my tweets have been going to my blog. D'OH.
  • 17:07:10: Speaking of following Jim's friends, how's it going, @onthefritz? :)
  • 17:08:43: Well, I found Twittinesis is a good replacement for LoudTwitter, but you can't schedule the post. So I get to wait.
  • 17:09:04: Meantime, it just goes to show that I need to resume blogging.
  • 17:10:09: @cyberpenguin Like everything else, I either don't have the time, or don't feel like it. I can't write without concentrating on it anymore.
  • 17:18:24: @karrock @cyberpenguin @TLM26 @marathonmaritza I looked on amazon.com and the book is decidedly not romancenovelesque. It's just ppls feet
  • 22:21:22: @MacStainless Re: DRM, I have an app to strip DRM from the SD tivo, didn't know if it worked on the HD version. Cool.
  • 22:21:41: @eveblackorwhite 5 hours later, I say good evening back
  • 22:23:19: @lannies You got the laminated nutrition facts too, eh? What's your standard meal?
  • 22:24:29: @RunningHoosier For first tweets, Twitter now only allows you to go 3200 tweets back. I'm well over 16k now. :)
  • 22:53:31: Too lively for my taste tonight! 5 miles tomorrow morning. Later.


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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:02 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:02 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:48 New po.. tinyurl.com/lhpphd #

00:04 New Flickr upload: Google Earth - Spenceville062709: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/lx7pcl #

00:28 Going to bed. Later. #

08:37 Wt: 176.4, RHR: 48, BF: 17.5% #

08:41 RT @News10_CA: Hot. High 106. Low 67. West wind 10mph. More weather news10.net Monica Woods - aaaaaugh! #

09:16 How come TMZ isn't camped out at the hospital giving premature death reports about Billy Mays? #

10:17 I gotta get offa here and get ready to go. LateR! #

10:43 Breakfast: omelet (1 egg, cheese). Snack: 1 oz honey roasted peanuts #

14:33 I'm confused. You're a "fool for the city?" I'm still trying to figure out what a foghat is. #

14:38 Lunch: chef salad #

15:04 New Flickr upload: How to ruin a perfectly good omelet...: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/mfwyb5 #

16:25 twitpic.com/8pkf6 - I'm hot! #

16:34 New Flickr upload: I'm hot!: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/m7gh7h #

17:32 RT @sacbee_news: Facebook, Twitter and peers for sale - privately bit.ly/luOqx #

19:56 RT @grshane: One of my friends asked if Paris Hilton changed her name to Perez Hilton. I had to explain who he was. #

19:57 7pm and it's still 106 degrees. #

19:57 ack, almost 8pm and it's still 106 degrees :) #

21:53 I googled to see if iphone did multitasking. "Single Tasking?" Answer = NO! #iphone is Dead, Long Live #Pre! (The Pilot reborn) #Newsvine #

21:55 Dinner: asiago cheese & chicken sausage salad, 1 orange. Snack: slim-a-bear ice cream bar #

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:02 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:48 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:23 New po.. tinyurl.com/qluvqg #

00:06 David Gilmour, "Murder" ♫ blip.fm/~8yuw1 #

00:14 Laurie Anderson & Peter Gabriel, "Excellent Birds" ♫ blip.fm/~8yv4g #

00:17 Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson, "This Is the Picture" ♫ blip.fm/~8yv82 #

00:33 New Flickr upload: 6-26-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/rbax9t #

00:50 Rush, "Bravado" ♫ blip.fm/~8yw40 #

01:04 Moody Blues, "Question" ♫ blip.fm/~8ywft #

01:10 Moody Blues, "The Voice" ♫ blip.fm/~8ywlx #

01:13 Wenn ist das Nunstrück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! .. Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! #

01:30 Weird Al, "Craigslist" ♫ blip.fm/~8yx2t #

01:33 Alright, I'm going to bed. Later everyone. :) #

07:05 Wt: 175, RHR: 48%, BF: 17.6% #

07:19 Why do cartoon animal families have pets? #

08:17 Hey cool, #getright does #bittorrent now. #

09:04 New Flickr upload: PreSDK: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Screnshot of the Pre SDK (a Pre emu.. tinyurl.com/kuz22e #

12:41 Winbear I tried 3 times with timeouts but ended uo getting it via bittorrent. Give me your ftp & I'll send. #

12:51 After a hot hike with my son we're eating lunch at the newly re-opened 2Bits Cafe. #

12:53 Winbear btw the SDK is just an emulator, it doesn't include the API docs. #

12:54 Whoops that last tweet should have been DM. :P #

13:11 RT @leggersheri: Reminder: New Doctor Who episode hits the USA on BBC America tonight! - woo! #

14:24 Full theater for Transformers. They better not applaud at the end. tinyurl.com/mb98x4 #

17:08 twitpic.com/8mjir - Nice parking job! #

17:34 New Flickr upload: Nice parking job!: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/muwcly #

22:16 Warning: Flickr flood coming. Unfortunately it pastes each image individually, so expect 17 upload tweets. :) #

22:31 It would appear that while the #pre geotags its pictures, it doesn't put date/time into EXIF. #

22:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0049: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/l37599 #

22:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0050: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/l82l3v #

22:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0051: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/mforjb #

22:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0052: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/mzdc7e #

22:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0053: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/nbunkb #

23:04 New Flickr upload: CIMG0049: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/lmzzy6 #

23:04 New Flickr upload: CIMG0050: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/m9xfcs #

23:04 New Flickr upload: CIMG0051: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/ksjk6p #

23:04 New Flickr upload: CIMG0052: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/nw5989 #

23:04 New Flickr upload: CIMG0053: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/nv93c8 #

23:27 The #pre camera doesn't code time & date taken in EXIF, only GPS info which is EXTREMELY off. "Bad IFD2 Directory" on every image. #

23:33 New Flickr upload: CIMG0049: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/kpvrvg #

23:33 New Flickr upload: CIMG0050: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/nlxm9b #

23:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0051: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/mla2o7 #

23:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0052: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/lmy2kk #

23:34 New Flickr upload: CIMG0053: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/m8fww9 #

23:35 Hiked 2.4 miles - m8.to/2LS #

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